Volume 2 - CH 283

The next day.

I was waiting in the forest nearest to the Kingdom of Salettana, after having made a deal with Houen the night before.

Although there is no forest around the Kingdom of Salettana.

There is a plain spreading out just a little bit further.

So even though it was the closest forest, it was still about three kilometres away. (1.86 miles)

I was used to it, so there was no problem. ……

Now the problem was to come.

A short time later, Houen came flying in.

He was holding a ring-like accessory in one hand, which he had procured from somewhere.

“Good morning. Put this on then.”

[What’s this?]

“A sign of subordination. But it’s just an accessory, there’s nothing to constrain you.”

So Houen tried to put it on regardless of my will, but it stuck there.

The subordination ring didn’t seem to fit around my neck.

I wondered how that could be possible, but this was a so-called fake.

Apparently, there is no function that automatically sets the size of the ring.

But it seems that if I don’t put this on, I will be antagonized as an unfriendly monster.

What shall we do now? ……

“……”

[…… Hey, where are you looking?]

“Should I put it on the wing?”

[Wha? Ah! Don’t you dare- ouchouchouchouch!!!!!]

Houen forced one of my barely remaining wings through the ring.

I was unable to put up a strong enough struggle and the ring was pushed all the way to the base of the wing.

The battered wing was even more battered.

It seems that wings also have a sense of pain, not as bad as when I evolved, but still painful in its own way.

If anything ever happens to this guy again, I’m going to be the first one to knock him out.

“Alright! Perfect!”

[Why did you put it there off all place……]

“But now we can walk with a big smile on our faces. All that’s left …… is for me to say what we decided last night.”

[Well, that’s true, but ……. All I have to do is walk normally, right?]

“Yeah, you’re right. As long as they don’t do anything to you, there won’t be any problems. Then, shall we go?”

Why does this guy seem to be having a bit too much fun ……?

I’m not sure what to expect from him.

I’m going to be held by Houen and fly with him.

I think I’m quite heavy in its current form, but Hoen carries me with ease.

Despite his appearance, he has a lot of power.

“……ugh”

Dude, you’re too thin.

Put me down, put me down, don’t force yourself.

But the distance is short if we are flying.

Surprisingly quickly, we were able to reach the gates of the Kingdom of Salettana.

I was dropped off at the side of the wall, and instead of two people …… walking to the gate, one person and one beast walked to the gate.

Well, if such a monster was walking with Houen, it would have been a big deal.

Before reaching the gate, we were stopped by one of the soldiers.

“I’m sorry, Houen-san. Could you please stop?”

“That’s what I expected to hear.”

Why are you trying hard to sound cool?

“That monster is ……”

“It’s a familiar monster that was entrusted to me. It is a very unique monster. I was told that only a trustworthy person would be entrusted with it, so here it is.”

“Uh, what is the owner’s name?”

“……”

Oh, I knew they would ask.

Well, since he said that he was taking care of me, it’s not surprising that he would ask about this.

If they hadn’t asked that, we would have just let it slide, but we had to use the setup we had been thinking about last night.

However, I was a little uncomfortable using that setting.

Because …….

“The person who asked me to take care of this demon was a man named Fujisawa. He is my mentor.”

Fujisawa.

This is, in fact, Houen’s original name.

There was a concern that if we used this world-style name, someone might use that information to find out about my false owner.

I thought there was nothing to worry about, but Houen, just in case, prepared a name that would never turn up even if someone looked up the name.

That is Fujisawa, Houen’s real name.

With this name, it would not come up in any investigation, and if anyone asked any questions, we could just tell them about Houen in his previous life, so it would be relatively easy to deal with the situation.

All that’s left is to add a setting to make it relevant to this world. ……

“He don’t have a place to live. He was a traveling merchant. I think he is still traveling around the world, doing business somewhere.”

“I didn’t know there was such a person. I understand. But is the monster all right?”

“”Oh, it’s fine. Yes, it’s all right. Oh, and you know…”

Suddenly, Houen turned toward me.

He seems to add something to the soldier, but I have a bad feeling.

…… Huh, did I forget something?

I decided on everything important that night, and what to do if something goes wrong.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with this plan. ……

“What’s this girl’s name?”

………… wait.

Wait, you bastard.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Hey!

What the hell, Houen, I haven’t made a decision on that yet!

Now you’re telling me you’re deciding on your own!

That’s why you were in such a good mood this morning after being so reluctant yesterday!

I can’t beat him up right now!

I can’t let them think I’m a threat to them now. ……!

Ugh!

You bastard!

With a big smile on his face, Houen gave the soldier the name he had probably decided on last night.

“It’s Nariko.”

Nariko the failed one, huh?

I’m going to kill this guy.